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If a people can justifiably dismiss its parliament, now is our time
Dear Editor,
Permit me to use your forum editor to suggest to the Guyana Elections Commission that the ballot paper for future elections, in both Local Government and General Elections should bear an option entitled “None of the above.”
This way, citizens can give a demonstrable vote that is indicative of their confidence level of the parties being considered. In the past citizens could have only done this by staying away from the poll which I believe has a dissociative effect on the citizen in relation to the electoral process.
This Dissociative Electorally Acquired Disorder is not good for an individual in a society, to which the right of self determination, at least in the form of casting a ballot, surely has significant impact on the perception of justice and general social structure.
This Dissociative Electorally Acquired Disorder is certainly not good for democracy.
This Dissociative Electorally Acquired Disorder cannot be good for Guyana.
Further, I submit that the failure of our parliament to produce legislation to address the international requirement supportive of an Anti Money Laundering policy is a glaring indication of the functional and intellectual bankruptcy of the custodians of Guyana’s development.
None of the parties can escape this verdict irrespective of whatever excuse they may be willing to tender. They are all aware of the political environment, much more than the rest of us, and as such it behooves them to find a way to get their work done.
If a people can justifiably dismiss its parliament, now is our time.
It may be particularly instructive to conduct keen observation of this unaccomplished bunch so that we the people do not allow a replication of this period of non-productivity.
There are various models of leadership and skill sets required at this juncture of our country’s development. We are far beyond the phase where any ambitious fluffmonger should be granted opportunity of stewardship of our country’s future. Good intentions are good, but they must be accompanied with the requisite expertise and competencies in order to develop the specific brands of leadership that are characteristic to the macroeconomic and multi-sector journey of a developing society as ours. Were we enjoying any of this currently then we certainly would have benefitted from a well constituted developmental policy. The expired National Development Strategy was such an instrument. No attempt has been made since to formally and inclusively charter the country’s developmental path for the next 20 or 10 or 5 years even.
Comrade editor, we need fewer noisy parrots in parliament and more functional leaders with technical backgrounds who are accustomed to real work and accomplishments without the fluff mongering that is all politics, self interest and nothing else.
Arun Sudesh Richard
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